is má dhiúltaíonn an t-aigéan di,
abair liom, a Vitthal,
cé d’éisteodh lena gearán?
Bhfuil abhainn in ann diúltú d’éisc?
An dtabharfadh máthair droim láimhe dá leanbh?
Deir Jan,
a Thiarna,
caithfidh tú glacadh leo siúd
a ghéilleann duit.
Janabai
You must accept those who surrender to you
If the Ganga flows to the ocean
and the ocean turns her away,
tell me, O Vitthal,
who would hear her complaint?
Can the river reject its fish?
Can the mother spurn her child?
Jan says,
Lord,
you must accept those
who surrender to you.
